Jeremiah 18:3
Strong's Lexicon
So I went down
וָאֵרֵ֖ד (wā·’ê·rêḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3381: 1) to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come down 1a2) to sink 1a3) to be prostrated 1a4) to come down (of revelation) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to bring down 1b2) to send down 1b3) to take down 1b4) to lay prostrate 1b5) to let down 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought down 1c2) to be taken down

to the potter’s
הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר (hay·yō·w·ṣêr)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3335: 1) to form, fashion, frame 1a) (Qal) to form, fashion 1a1) of human activity 1a2) of divine activity 1a2a) of creation 1a2a1) of original creation 1a2a2) of individuals at conception 1a2a3) of Israel as a people 1a2b) to frame, pre-ordain, plan (fig. of divine) purpose of a situation) 1b) (Niphal) to be formed, be created 1c) (Pual) to be predetermined, be pre-ordained 1d) (Hophal) to be formed

house
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: nm 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within

and saw
(ה֛וּא‪‬) ()
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2009: 1) behold, lo, see, if

him working
עֹשֶׂ֥ה (‘ō·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze

מְלָאכָ֖ה (mə·lā·ḵāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4399: 1) occupation, work, business 1a) occupation, business 1b) property 1c) work (something done or made) 1d) workmanship 1e) service, use 1f) public business 1f1) political 1f2) religious

at
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although

the wheel.
הָאָבְנָֽיִם׃ (hā·’ā·ḇə·nā·yim)
Article | Noun - md
Strong's Hebrew 70: 1) wheel, disc 1a) potter's wheel 1b) bearing-stool, midwife's stool

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.

Young's Literal Translation
and I go down [to] the potter’s house, and lo, he is doing a work on the stones,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, working away at the wheel. 

New American Standard Bible
Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something on the wheel.

King James Bible
Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
So I went down to the potter's house, and I saw him working at the wheel.

New Living Translation
So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel.

English Standard Version
So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel.

New American Standard Bible
Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something on the wheel.

King James Bible
Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, working away at the wheel.

International Standard Version
So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was doing work at the potter's wheel.

NET Bible
So I went down to the potter's house and found him working at his wheel.

American Standard Version
Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.

English Revised Version
Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought his work on the wheels.

Young's Literal Translation
and I go down to the potter's house, and lo, he is doing a work on the stones,
















Cross References
Jeremiah 18:2
Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

Jeremiah 18:4
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

Jeremiah 1:1
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

Jeremiah 18:1
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Jeremiah 17:27
But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

Jeremiah 18:5
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Jeremiah 18:6
O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
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